2 Kings 19:24:22 Kgs.19.24.W2TAB
קַ֔רְתִּי
karti
“I dug”
- Transliteration
- KAR-ti
- Extended
- KAHR-teh
- IPA
- /ˈqar.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I dug
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KAR-ti
- phraseyour reading level
a-NI KAR-ti
- clause
a-NI KAR-ti ve-sha-TI-ti MA-yim za-RIM
- sentence
a-NI KAR-ti ve-sha-TI-ti MA-yim za-RIM ve-akh-RIV be-khaf-pe-a-MAI KOL ye-o-RE ma-TSOR
Exegesis
The paired perfect verbs karti {קַרְתִּי | qa-rᵊt-tî} ‘I have dug’ and ve-shatiti {וְשָׁתִיתִי | wə-šā-tî-tî} ‘and I have drunk’ indicate completed actions.
Root and etymology
k-r-hkuf–resh–heh
“to dig, cut”
In context — 2 Kings 19:24
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters, and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the rivers of Egypt.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 19:24, so the Hebrew word קַ֔רְתִּי (karti) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.19.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.24.W2.S1) and character.